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Christopher Mainey
Experienced NHS data scientist with interests in predictive modelling, machine learning, text mining, and teaching
My work focuses on modelling National Health Service (NHS) data, primarily using national Hospital Episode Statistics (HES). I work primarily in R and SQL Server, and have experience with statistical modelling and machine learning methods. I completed my PhD at UCL, on modelling NHS incident reporting data using using quantitative models and text mining methods.
I advise and train NHS teams and the private sector on using data to manage hospitals, monitor quality, performance, and mortality. I am an experienced trainer, presenter and post-graduate teacher. I have built and released several R packages and am a keen contributor to the NHS-R Community. I lead a local R usergroup, and run a programme of R training courses for HED.
Key skills
Education
University College London (UCL)
PhD Applied Statistics and Machine Learning
London, UK
2020
Thesis: Statistical Methods for NHS incident reporting data
University of Birmingham
PGCert. Public Health
Birmingham, UK
2014
MPH programme, left partially unfinished due to commencing PhD, finished as PGCert instead.
CIPD / City College Coventry
CIPD Certificate in Training Practice
Coventry, UK
2009
University of Manchester
BSc Microbiology with Industrial Experience
Birmingham, UK
2006
Thesis: A model of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in the Cystic Fibrosis lung. Placement: One-year with Arch Biocides
Experience
Senior Statistical Intelligence Analyst
Healthcare Evaluation Data (HED), Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT
Birmingham, UK
2020 - Present
- Managing and delivering senior analyst functions in HED (see below)
- Natural Language processing projects including mapping text to ontologies for PIONEER project
- Managing informatics training function, including strategy and delivery, and commercial R training courses
- Line management and project leadership in data science applications
Intelligence Analyst
Healthcare Evaluation Data (HED), Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT
Birmingham, UK
2012 - 2019
- Statistical lead and senior analyst, focused on building predictive models in
Rand SAS, indicator design, SQL database infrastructure and processes, as well as quality assurance. - Building online national benchmarking analysis tools: www.hed.nhs.uk.
- Highly involved in customer support, training and translating between analysts, business teams and users.
- Line management and team work planning, using Agile methods.
- Run local
Rusergroup, contributing to national NHS-Community, and established a commercialRtraining programme.
Data Manager (AIR Study)
Clinical Immunology (sub-contracted from UHB), University of Birmingham
Birmingham, UK
2012 - 2016
- Data extraction and outcome linkage for trial participants, from UHB attendance and clinical data systems.
Informatics Analyst
Health Informatics, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS FT
Birmingham, UK
2011 - 2012
- Producing monthly reporting outputs for UHB clinical and performance management functions
- Specialist analysis, dashboard building, and information development for HIV service.
Cancer Informatics Analyst
Arden Cancer Network
Coventry, UK
2010 - 2011
- Informatics support for network service improvement projects.
- Constructed cancer waiting times reporting system and various automated templates.
Information Officer
West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit (WMCIU)
Birmingham, UK
2009 - 2010
- Producing statistics for information requests.
- Investigative analysis, e.g. difference from nationally published figures and research data.
- Supervising/validating work of junior analysts.
Teaching and Assessment Experience
Use of Evidence
First year UCL medical school course on study design and statistics. Led a tutorial group over the course and delivered lectures to full course group.
London, UK
2016 - 2018
Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
Teaching assistant on MSc Data Science for Health, UCL Farr Institute/LSHTM
London, UK
2016 - 2017
Understanding the NHS
Assessing first year medical student assignments on NHS structure, history, and current/future challenges.
London, UK
2016 - 2017
Research dissertations
Second assessor on MSc Mental Health dissertations for students with quantitative studies.
London, UK
2016 - 2017
Selected Publications, Posters & Talks
Driving R adoption in an NHS information service: barriers and solutions
Talk at Enterprise Applications of the R Language (EARL) conference
London, UK
2019
Mainey C
Using funnel plots and CUSUM techniques to monitor hospital-standardised mortality
Talk at Royal Statistical Society Conference
Belfast, UK
2019
Mainey C
Modelling Incident Reporting in the NHS
Poster for Royal Statistical Society Conference
Cardiff, UK
2018
Mainey C, Freemantle N
Can we build statistical models of incident reporting in the NHS?
Poster for Patient Safety Congress Conference
Manchester, UK
2017
Mainey C
Brief Report: Immunization of HIV-Infected Adults in the UK With Haemophilus influenzae b/Meningococcal C Glycoconjugate and Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccines
J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2016 Nov 1;73(3):287-293.
N/A
2016
MacLennan C, Richter A, Hodson J, Faustini S, Birtwistle J, Whitelegg A, Chigiga J, Singo M, Walker-Haywood J, Mulugeta B, Masuka S, Mainey C, Plant T, Drayson M; Manavi K